H.R. 5112: LEAVE Act
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H.R. 5112: LEAVE Act
116th Congress · introduced 2019-11-14 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2019-11-14 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
LEAVE Act
Plain summary
Low-frequency Energetic Acoustics and Vibrations Exasperate Act or the LEAVE Act This bill establishes standards and remedies related to ground-based noise (GBN). Specifically, the bill permits one or more states to conduct studies of GBN from aircraft operations at an airport within a state, requires any study conducted to identify a baseline value of GBN above which an airport in the study is presumed to be permitting an excess of noise to a community within five miles of such airport, allows a state cause of action for GBN if a state has undertaken a study of GBN at an airport, and establishes that no federal statute is intended to preempt a cause of action against an airport in any state small claims or superior court when an action is brought for GBN in violation of state standards.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] · 4 cosponsors
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Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr5112.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr5112 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116